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Believe it or not, but we leave in the crazy world where everything is not like it was a just a couple of centuries ago. Our forefathers inhaled fresh air, enjoyed pure water and produced natural food. What do we have today? Having the same physiology as it was 4 or 5 generations ago modern humans lead insane lives! We consume unclean water and extremely harmful soft drinks, stuff our bellies with fast food, inhale awful air and hear constant urban noise around us. As for the emotional and nervous stress and strain, it is absolutely unbearable. Our speed of life makes us be in a hurry on a twenty-four hour basis, we are overworked and downtrodden in our family lives, we don’t have enough rest and sleep to do extra work and make our carriers. We never realize the fact that our body requires some time to relax and restore, what is more, our head aches for some rest, too. Unfortunately, the bulk of persons realize this simple truth when they fall seriously ill. Don’t join them! Think ahead and turn to entirely safe and highly effective healing system known for centuries - meditation.

“Did it come to your mind that men and women who meditate every day are more content with their lives, healthier and enjoy longer life expectancy than those who don’t?” This utterance is rather natural today, but is it true or not?

What it meditation? It is a unique focusing practice where the vital task is to suspend the normal whirl of thoughts filling the mind. There are all kinds and types of meditation. Maybe you will be surprised to hear that a prayer is also a pure meditation as it is. In addition to this kind of focusing natural for all believers there are Transcendental Meditation, mindfulness meditation, Zen meditation, Buddhist meditation and Taoist meditation.

Meditation is the realm of complementary medicine that unlike official medicine it does no fail to forget that humans have more than a mere ailing body. Meditation perceives persons as unique creatures with an inseparable unity of intellect, body and soul. Meditation teachers know for sure that you cannot be healthy and content with your life if your brain is filled with spite, anger and misery. The shocking fact is that more and more mainstream doctors prescribe their patients meditation as a way of managing a number of diseases. With meditation you can:

- lower your blood pressure;
- improve the general state of people with angina including their exercise performance;
- let persons with asthma breathe easier;
- forget about insomnia;
- relax after everyday stressful day of life.

Meditation is a inherent activity for every person, that is why it is up to you to make up your mind where you will practice meditation. Some people prefer to master meditation at home. It is very simple with all the instructional books and audio CDs available. Others prefer to find a good teacher.

With all its simplicity meditation can offer you a number of options. There are several approaches to meditation. Here are some prompts for you how to meditate.

1. Concentrate on your breath - keep your attention on the sensation of the stream of air passes in and out of your nostrils. This is so called “mindfulness meditation” - the meditator should learn to be “mindful”, i.e. aware of the present moment of time, but his or her mind should be free of any judgments and reactions.

2. Focus on your body - keep your attention on the sensations in your body: pain, warmth, discomfort, tension etc.

3. Concentrate on any word or phrase you like - keeping your attention on a word or phrase is called a “mantra”. Its major task is to keep your mind free of any harmful thoughts.

It is wrong to think that you should always sit during meditation. It is just as good to lie down, to stand or even to walk. If for some reason sitting still is difficult for you, feel free to combine meditation with other practices such as yoga or tai chi - you will get double pleasure and positive effect!

The use of meditation for healing human body and soul is ancient. All modern meditative approaches are the product of years and years of work and mental experiments of people around the world. The healing power of mediation has been known and used for thousands of years. Its cornerstone is tradition and religion; its effect is health and inner harmony! Actually, all religious groups apply meditation in one form or another.

No doubts of all the religions Buddhism is a “father of meditation” - it is the best known and the most practiced sort of meditation in the world. Buddhists apply the practice of meditation for reaching real wisdom and compassion and for seing reality as it is. Buddha followers believe that our usual state of mind is very shallow - it is both limited and limiting. Meditation broadens human horizons and makes it possible to reveal our conscious and unconscious possibilities entirely.

The stunning truth is that in spite of its unique history and rich traditions, meditation has been unfairly ignored by the representatives of mainstream medicine and only during the past thirty years the medical science focused on the studies of clinical effects of meditation on health. The 1960s started with shocking medical reports of yogis and meditation masters from the mysterious East who could demonstrate extraordinary bodily control and could consciously stay in altered states of their minds - and this is where studies of self-regulation and voluntary control over the autonomic nervous system started! The pompous scientific world was shaken when refined scientific instrumentation proved that impossible things exist! Now health care professionals specializing in stress-related disorders had a unique way of treatment without ruinous side effects typical for drug treatments - it was the art of meditation! It turned out to be a valuable tool for stress reduction, and what is more, individuals and physicians enjoyed both the process of healing meditation and the health benefits available with regular trainings!

But the greatest surprise was still to come! After some time of scientific research of meditation this activity turned out to be perfect not solely for altering the brain’s function in the short term. The medical data demonstrated that regular practice of meditation has a miraculous long-term positive effect! So, Transcendental Meditation in particular guarantees you a blissful state of relaxation including low heart and perspiration rates, low pulse rate, decreased concentration of cortisol in your blood (it is a major stress hormone) and high activity of the part of your brain responsible for rest and relaxation! Famous doctor R. Keith Wallace investigating Transcendental Meditation revealed that during meditation the body gains the most profound rest possible. Paradoxically, your brain and mind become clear and more alert - your reactions are faster, your creativity and efficiency is greater and your comprehension of the world is broader!

In contrast to Transcendental Meditation, Taoists think that our emotions are ruled by the Fire energy of the heart. When you cannot keep your emotions, this fire energy flares upwards and burns your life energy and clouds your mind. But you can manage that! Your willpower, on the contrary, is controlled by the Water energy located in your kidneys. If you do not control this energy, it flows down through your sexual organs, weakening your spirit and dissipating your life. So, Taoists believe that when you sit motionless doing nothing and thinking of nothing, i.e. when you are meditating your Fire and Water are well balanced. Water energy from the kidneys goes up to your head via the Central and Governing channels. At the same time Fire energy from the heart goes down into the Lower Elixir Field in the abdomen. Through this right circulation of two energies and through this mental alchemy in the body your mind becomes calmer, cooler and more controllable, while your sexual energy becomes really enjoyable!

Meditation is definitely one of the safest activities possible. It is great for persons of all ages and states of health. However, you should know that in people with bad psychiatric cases, there have been a few reports in which regular meditation has worsened the state of their mental health. If you have a psychiatric case, please, talk to your mental health professional before starting the practice of meditation.

One more necessary point - if you take drugs on a regular basis never stop taking them before you have completed the course. The point is meditation cannot give you stable relief immediately - in requires some time to work! If you cannot bear standing in line in the waiting room of your practitioner to get your prescription, find a reliable internet drugstore online where you can buy pharmaceutical products without prescription legally. Take definite steps to make your life better right now! And let healing mediation be your trusted guide.